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by teunispeters 1179 days ago
Given in Canada it's cheaper to just buy a small Intel PC than a raspberry pi 4 of late, I've been exploring alternatives lower down ... ST-Micro's stuff as an alternative to Arduino (which is also $$$ here).

I guess it depends on what you're doing. I like working with hardware and low-level software.
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bmurphy1976 1179 days ago
I have to say these look really tempting: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805075742151.html

I need to split some services off of my overloaded Raspberry Pi 4 but I just can't find any in stock anywhere. That NUC is so low priced it's hard to resist pulling the trigger, and in all likelihood it probably crushes the RPI4 in terms of performance.

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teunispeters 1179 days ago
yeah, watch for heat though. (I didn't have that specific model, but I had one overheat in a hot summer day ...)

Of all places, London Drugs sometimes carries them. Places that sell POS (point-of-sale) systems are more likely to have the small form factor computers.

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